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Edna St Vincent Millay

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Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her feminist activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work. The poet Richard Wilbur asserted, "She wrote some of the best sonnets of the century."


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Quote Left Death devours all lovely things; Lesbia with her sparrow Shares the darkness—presently Every bed is narrow. Quote Right
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Quote Left Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell. Quote Right
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Quote Left My candle burns at both ends It will not last the night But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light. Quote Right
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Quote Left Sweet sounds, oh, beautiful music, do not cease! Reject me not into the world again.... Quote Right
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Quote Left My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends,
It gives a lovely light.
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